Psalms 89
1 The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord in eternity. I will announce your truth with my mouth, from generation to generation.
A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For you have said: Mercy will be built in the heavens, unto eternity. Your truth will be prepared there.
I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”
3 I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant:
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
4 I will prepare your offspring, even in eternity. And I will build up your throne, from generation to generation.
‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” (Selah)
5 The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, and also your truth, in the Church of the saints.
The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who among the clouds is equal to the Lord? Who among the sons of God is like God?
For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who amongst the sons of the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
7 God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around him.
a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
8 O Lord, God of hosts, who is like you? You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you.
LORD, God of Hosts, who is a mighty one, like you? LORD, your faithfulness is around you.
9 You rule over the power of the sea, and you even mitigate the movement of its waves.
You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
10 You have humbled the arrogant one, like one who has been wounded. You have scattered your enemies with the arm of your strength.
You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 Yours are the heavens, and yours is the earth. You founded the whole world in all its fullness.
The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
12 You created the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name.
You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
13 Your arm acts with power. Let your hand be strengthened, and let your right hand be exalted.
You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
14 Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your face.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
15 Blessed is the people that knows jubilation. They will walk in the light of your countenance, O Lord,
Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
16 and they will exult in your name all day long, and they will be exalted in your justice.
In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
17 For you are the glory of their virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.
For you are the glory of their strength. In your favour, our horn will be exalted.
18 For our assumption is of the Lord, and it is of our king, the holy one of Israel.
For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Then you spoke in a vision to your holy ones, and you said: I have stationed help with the powerful one, and I have exalted the elect one from my people.
Then you spoke in vision to your holy ones, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
20 I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.
I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
21 For my hand will assist him, and my arm will fortify him.
with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
22 The enemy will have no advantage over him, nor will the son of iniquity be positioned to harm him.
No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
23 And I will cut down his enemies before his face. And those who hate him, I will turn to flight.
I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
24 And my truth and my mercy will be with him. And his horn will be exalted in my name.
But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
25 And I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He will invoke me: “You are my father, my God, and the support of my salvation.”
He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
27 And I will make him the first-born, preeminent before the kings of the earth.
I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will preserve my mercy for him eternally, and my covenant for him faithfully.
I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
29 And I will set his offspring from generation to generation, and his throne like the days of heaven.
I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 But if his sons abandon my law, and if they do not walk in my judgments,
If his children forsake my Torah, and don’t walk in my ordinances;
31 if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments:
if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;
32 I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with a beating.
then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 But I will not scatter my mercy from him, and I will not do harm to my truth.
But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
34 And I will not profane my covenant, and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips.
I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
35 I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David,
Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
36 his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight,
His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
37 and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven.
It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)
38 Yet, truly, you have rejected and despised, you have pushed away, my Christ.
But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
39 You have overthrown the covenant of your servant. You have profaned his sanctuary on earth.
You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
40 You have destroyed all his fences. You have made his territory dreadful.
You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
41 All who pass by the way have plundered him. He has become a disgrace to his neighbors.
All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbours.
42 You have exalted the right hand of those who oppress him. You have brought joy to all his enemies.
You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
43 You have diverted the help of his sword, and you have not assisted him in battle.
Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.
44 You have torn him away from cleansing, and you have smashed his throne down to the ground.
You have ended his splendour, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
45 You have reduced the days of his time. You have flooded him with confusion.
You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 How long, O Lord? Will you turn away unto the end? Will your wrath flare up like a fire?
How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember what my substance is. For could you really have appointed all the sons of men in vain?
Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!
48 Who is the man that will live, and yet not see death? Who will rescue his own soul from the hand of the underworld? (Sheol h7585)
What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 O Lord, where are your mercies of antiquity, just as you swore to David in your truth?
Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
50 Be mindful, O Lord, of the disgrace of your servants (which I have sustained in my sinews) among many nations.
Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
51 With these, your enemies have reproached you, O Lord; with these, they have reproached the commutation of your Christ.
With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
52 Blessed is the Lord for all eternity. Amen. Amen.
Blessed be the LORD forever more. Amen, and Amen.
